Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

What we're focused on is getting Australians back into jobs. If you're a worker who is not in a job, you're worse off. Our plan is to get workers who are not in jobs back into jobs. Our plan is to work with employers and employees to make sure we're getting more Australians back in those jobs.

The difference between the Labor Party and the Liberals and the Nationals is that we see the workplace as a place of co-operation, not conflict. We do not see the future of getting Australians back into jobs as seeing adversarial conflict based issues in the workplace. The package of measures that the Minister for Industrial Relations has outlined is all designed to deal with the practical issues that are preventing people getting back into jobs. There is no prouder day for a small business owner than when they create a job and put someone into a job. That's how you make Australians better off—

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